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Solved - NEH 3860: Lancia Aprilia Sport Barchetta - 1947
« on: January 12, 2015, 07:17:54 AM »
What's this and from when does it date, for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 3860
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2015, 11:20:19 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 3860
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2015, 05:45:46 PM »
British?

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Re: NEH 3860
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2015, 04:32:23 AM »
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Re: NEH 3860
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2015, 06:47:00 AM »
European?

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Re: NEH 3860
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2015, 07:39:01 AM »
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Re: NEH 3860
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2015, 09:57:05 AM »
Talbot Lago?

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Re: NEH 3860
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2015, 10:28:21 AM »
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Re: NEH 3860
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2015, 06:06:12 PM »
Italian?

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Re: NEH 3860
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2015, 06:24:25 PM »
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Re: NEH 3860
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2015, 04:05:35 AM »
Lancia?

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Re: NEH 3860
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2015, 05:10:05 AM »
Lancia?

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Re: NEH 3860
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2015, 05:54:56 AM »
1947 Lancia Aprilia 1500 Sport Barchetta

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Re: NEH 3860
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2015, 06:14:26 AM »
1947 Lancia Aprilia 1500 Sport Barchetta

Indeed!
I thought it very modern-looking for a 1947 car (quite a few years in advance of anything the Brits could come up with until at least the mid-fiftes) and wondered if it had been re-bodied later than that?
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Re: Solved - NEH 3860: Lancia Aprilia Sport Barchetta - 1947
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2015, 06:16:52 AM »
I'm sure this is a repost - indeed I solved it.  But a quick search does not reveal it. Odd.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: Solved - NEH 3860: Lancia Aprilia Sport Barchetta - 1947
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2015, 11:31:26 AM »
The chassis may be from 1947, but the body certainly isn't. I have no definite info, but it seems to be possibly a complete reconstruction.